Birthday

Emery is now a whopping 7 years old! Even with the dreaded Covid, we still had a semi-outdoor party with a few friends to celebrate the occasion. The girls did some painting, pinata, cake, and wrapped up the party with some fun in the snow. After a super long 2020, it was nice to see Emery having fun with some of her buddies.

We obviously can’t have a large party with the entire family but we still luckily got to see the grandparents. Grandma/grandpa Wassmer made the long hike up from Davenport to hand-deliver some birthday goods. Grandpa and grandma Stubler are now just down the road so it was a quick trip for them to come over and say hi.

To wrap up the celebration we obviously opened presents and had an awesome meal. For the super-special family dinner, we ordered in some really good sushi from our favorite place downtown Naperville.

Emery is a big 6-year-old this week! She had a super fun party at an indoor soccer field where the kids played games for an hour before getting all hopped up on sugar. Emery was so tuckered out she passed out on the way home!

 

I can’t believe that Emery is now 5 years old! She had a neat cooking party this weekend to celebrate, here are some pictures.

Emery had a fantastic gymnastics birthday party this year. What can be more fun than bouncing around on trampolines and launching into ball pits with all of your friends?

Today Emery turns 4 years old! She is growing up waaayyyy too fast. We look forward to celebrating her birthday tonight with a special birthday dinner and ice cream (her choice).

Yesterday she was invited to a friends house for her very first Tea Party with some friends from school. All the girls put on fancy dresses for this fancy lunch.

Emery is officially three years old. She is such a little miracle, that it is hard to believe all of the craziness that we (mostly Julie) had to go through to bring her into this world. It’s been such a gift to be her dad, and I have loved every minute of it. Onward we go! I think its time we try for another – psych! 🙂 (Just wanted to see who actually reads this)

P.S. She had a gymnastics party and a ballerina theme.

Emery had her very first friend birthday party today and it was a super fun swim party. It was good practice for her very first swim lesson the next day.

Emery had a great winter ONEderland birthday celebration. She was the center of attention and really seemed to enjoy herself. She loved her very own special carrot cake smash cupcake. Carter eagerly helped and blew out the candle for her too! She was also very fortunate to receive many nice gifts. Thanks to all of the friends and family who came to celebrate, it really means a lot to us.





Also, here is a video I made for the party. It captures moments from Emery’s first year.

One year ago, after a long struggle, we were finally blessed with our baby girl.

Emery is so proud of herself, you can see it in her face after she does something new. She now walks, hugs, climbs, and sometimes even wrestles with me. She is already off of formula and very soon moving off of bottles. What a big girl…

Happy first birthday, Emery! Your mom, brother and I love you so much and are so thankful you’ve made our family perfectly complete.